Top Ten Reasons For Wesleyan’s Increase in Applications for 2008-2009

Following in its tradition of repudiating major trends, Wesleyan saw a significant increase in its applications this year.

An Attempt to Reassure Adam Jacobs

Adam, I knew that I had scarce time on the radio and I also knew that I wanted that scarce time to be exciting both for me and the listeners. Given my experience with what makes listeners happy, I chose you.

Falun Gong Exhibit Not What it Seems

Whatever Falun Gong truly is, the exhibit in Zelnick is not showing us the whole picture.

Bring Back Bogus Paper

Bogus Paper was started in the fall of 1978 when the Wesleyan student body was going through major social changes.

“Observe and Report”: What Have We Learned?

“Comedy” may be the wrong word for this movie. It looks and behaves like a comedy. Yet you can’t shake the feeling that the movie is something else in disguise—a trick.

Top 5 Dirtiest Sex Acts That Will Land You in Prison

These acts are so filthy we’re not allowed to describe them in all the disgusting detail they deserve.

Unsolicited Advice on How to Spend Your Time: Prefrosh Edition

In honor of WesFest weekend, “Unsolicited Advice on How to Spend Your Time” presents the Top 5 things to do as a Prefrosh at Wesleyan.

Rambunctious Art-Rockers Ponytail Set to Play at Eclectic

Baltimore art-rockers Ponytail might just be the most exquisite tantrum you’ll ever see.

Trapped in the Closet with The Presets

Thirteen years ago, Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes of the dance-punk duo, The Presets, met at music school in Sydney, Australia. Over a decade later, they have two well-received studio albums under their belt and fans on this side of the world.

Death Match: Mamoun's vs. Late Night (in honor of 4/20)

Gabe Ezra: Dude, what could possibly be better than the Falafel Cart? Rob Wohl: Nah man. Nah. You clearly lack understanding.

Event Previews

Ridgefield Middle School Talent Nite and Wesleyan Guitarists' Showcase

The Cine-Files

I personally like to think of the Goldsmith Family Cinema as an indoor Foss Hill, but with comfortable padded seats and a tremendously righteous surround sound system.

Admissions: Others Did Not Fare As Well

Small, private institutions across the nation have seen a drop in applicants as prospective students balk at hefty tuition prices.

Mytheology: Wes is the Very Model of a Liberal University

Given that the author thought it would be dull to welcome the influx of prefrosh with yet another textbook denunciation of Obama/The Left/liberal shallowness, he thought it more appropriate to sing about them in order to showcase the fact that,k at Wesleyan, even conservatives are unconventional.

Pizza Man Taking Requests in Usdan

Merton Champagne, the man who runs the pizza station in the Usdan Marketplace, has worked at the University for 13 years.

Students Lobby For State Aid

Five University students joined twenty-three other Connecticut students in Hartford on Wednesday to lobby their legislators to maintain the current levels of state financial aid grants for private Connecticut colleges.

Pernick Unopposed In Re-election Bid

This year, Mike Pernick is running unopposed for the position again with SAC chair Becky Weiss as his running mate.

AIG Links Threaten Freeman Scholarships

AIG’s recent collapse appears to be harming philanthropist Mansfield Freeman’s last gift to Wesleyan, the 15-year-old Freeman Asian Scholar Program.

Living and Learning Seminars Deemed Successful

The apparent success of the University’s new Living and Learning seminars—courses designed for first-year students in which classmates live together in one residence hall—will ensure that the program continues next semester.

2009 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview

The Stanley Cup playoffs began on Wednesday, ensuring hockey fans everywhere over two months of on-ice battles.

Softball Drops Two to Eastern Conn.

The softball team suffered a pair of defeats against regional power Eastern Connecticut State on Thursday afternoon, dropping the first game of the doubleheader 7-3 and falling 3-0 in the nightcap.

Baseball Dominates Springfield

On Wednesday evening, the Cardinal baseball team traveled to Springfield, Mass. and dominated Springfield College on the diamond.

Men’s Tennis Trounced by Trinity

The men’s tennis team fell to Trinity 9-0 on Wednesday, the Bantams’ eighth straight win in the series.

Women’s Tennis Falls in Tufts Rematch

The women’s tennis team suffered a 7-2 defeat at the hands of Tufts on Thursday afternoon, its sixth straight defeat against the Jumbos.